HOBOKEN — The law firm headed by a top Port Authority official and NJ Transit secretly agreed to build a new light rail station in Hoboken, according to a WNYC report. Readers had a lot to say about the deal — Thursday's story drew more than 200 comments.

Wolff & Samson, representing the Rockefeller Group at the time, and NJ Transit reportedly agreed to build a new station in the northern section of the city. NJ Transit agreed to foot the bill. Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has said that she wasn't apprised of the agreement, and that her office had filed Open Public Records Act request to obtain it.

The prospect of a new station in the city's underdeveloped northern end isn't new — studies in 2009 indicated that another light rail station could be part of a larger redevelopment project.

Readers weighed in on the agreement, some citing the previous plans for the light rail as evidence that the agreement wasn't a secret. Others pointed out that the mayor should have been included in any progress made in the proposed station. Here are some of the top comments from the story:

2sickofit
There's a planned light rail station for the town, and the mayor doesn't know about it. Interesting, very interesting.

Marc Shakter
Another convenient station doesn't sound like the end of the world to me. That said, I'd say follow the original plan to extend light rail north along the river, and through the old susquehanna tunnel out north alongside the existing freight lines.

kennedy123
The amount of scandals that Christie is tied into in unreal. Hard to keep track anymore. How he is still in office is unbelievable. It will all be over when Wildstein testifies. Get the fireworks ready!

So, the developer and NJTransit agreed in principle what should be done and drafted a non-binding agreement, but the Mayor wasn't yet informed. I'm assuming once the city was informed and gave its blessing, the agreement would become binding. So what's the crime? This is business. If it was rushed through the Mayor's Administration, then the headline would've been about the Mayor "rubber stamping" the project. And people wonder why businesses hate investing in NJ. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.